Xeon E3 1220 (I5 2400) VS AMD R3 1200 build 1080P

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Brad002

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Hi all
I just sold off my FX6300 build with a R9 270 and currently converted a server build into a short term (or extended if it suits) build.

Current System Specs"
CPU Xeon E3 2400 3.1GHZ
MB Lenovo E30 C228
RAM 16GB
PSU 500W Thermaltake Lite
250GB SSD

I have ordered a 3GB 1060 online thats on its way - the 6gb version was $150 more and not worth it for my needs
I will be gaming at 1080P for the foreseeable future (no 4K) and ultimately would like high settings - playing games PUBG, COD, Overwatch, Skyrim and some newer releases over the coming year

Question is do I keep what I've got now (it was free) and if I do upgrade it will be a Ryzen 3 1200 OC build, 16GB 2400 RAM with the 1060. Is the difference in CPU / RAM going to be that significant?? - i don't care about the difference in 70FPS compared to 120FPS - my monitor is only 60HZ - I know that Ryzen has future build paths but if this holds me for say 2 years I'm sure there's always something then i can get then that would be better than today

 
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I would say that what you have is good enough. You are not going to be seeing that much of a bottleneck with that video card at 60hz. Given that what you have was free, I can't see what you have as a bad thing in any way.

Personally, I don't think you should upgrade. That Ryzen 1200 isn't really that much better than what you currently have. Yes, Ryzen has an upgrade path of newer CPUs. But there are plenty of used CPUs on ebay that would probably work on your board and probably cost a little less than a new Ryzen. You also have to keep in mind, that upgrading to the Ryzen platform means you need a new CPU, motherboard, and new ram. Ryzen may be cheap, but that is still at least $300 right there.

The only things that I am unsure about...
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I would say that what you have is good enough. You are not going to be seeing that much of a bottleneck with that video card at 60hz. Given that what you have was free, I can't see what you have as a bad thing in any way.

Personally, I don't think you should upgrade. That Ryzen 1200 isn't really that much better than what you currently have. Yes, Ryzen has an upgrade path of newer CPUs. But there are plenty of used CPUs on ebay that would probably work on your board and probably cost a little less than a new Ryzen. You also have to keep in mind, that upgrading to the Ryzen platform means you need a new CPU, motherboard, and new ram. Ryzen may be cheap, but that is still at least $300 right there.

The only things that I am unsure about is the limitation of RAM and overclocking. I know Intel CPUs don't really suffer that much with slow ram when compared to Ryzen, but there is a possibility that DDR3 could eventually become a bottleneck. Probably not, but I'm not quite sure. If you can overclock your RAM, this wouldn't be much of a problem. Which brings me to the next point.

Given you said you have a Lenovo, which I think is a basic workstation, I highly doubt that board supports overclocking. Which is unfortunate, because there are many CPUs on the 1155 platform that can overclock pretty well. It also looks like the fastest RAM supported on 1155 is 1600 mhz, so you're probably be stuck at that too.

If you really want to to, run some tests and benchmarks. Monitor the CPU usage in your favorite games and see if its capping out and holding you back. Then make a decision on whether or not you should upgrade your platform.

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Given you said you are probably going to use this setup for 2 years, just stick with it. It will get you by for that long.
 
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I like Ryzen, I have a 1600 overclocked myself. But that said, keep the 2400. If you sink any money into it, it looks like the i7 2600k can be found on eBay for 125-150. I suggest the k as the k versions usually have a little higher base and turbo clock I think, so even though your board is locked, you should still get some benefit that way.

But the 2400 should hold a while. Keep in mind that over the next few years, games will probably become more multithreaded. But you'll probably be ready for a full upgrade by that time.
 
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Sounds good guys. I'll see how I go over the next period of time and when it gets to a point where i'm having to drop to medium settings consistently I'll give it an entire overhaul. I'm sure by that time something will be the 'next best thing'. Still waiting for the GPU to arrive but im hoping a 2400 with a 1060 is better than an FX6300 with the 1060 - or i've made a bad mistake!!
 
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